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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
4
The reply states little difference among white silver laced and golden Wyandottes if all are equally well handled. Strain quality matters for egg laying. good breeders reduce broodiness. Example notes Philander Wil Namy removing non-setting traits in Light Brahmas, while plumage beauty lies outside this discussion.
A three by two and a half by two feet coop for hens and chickens is illustrated. The front features one and a half inch slats three inches apart. It stands fourteen inches high at the back and two feet high at the front according to Homestead.
W Veplon of the Colorado Agricultural college suggests a method to improve the poultry stock. Twenty hens in a colony house with a 50 foot square yard can produce a steady setting of eggs per day for the season. Maintain two cocks in the pen and rotate them every few days to keep them fed and in good condition, which reduces fighting and increases fertile eggs.
Feed for Plymouth Rocks advises a daily ration using one and a half quarts of oats or wheat in the morning, all the green food at noon, and a mash at night composed of ten pounds of wheat bran five pounds of corn meal five pounds of ground oats two and a half pounds of oil cake meal two and a half pounds of dry beef scraps for profitable production.
Farm Journal warns that lice multiply rapidly when hens and chicks are confined by bad weather or spell of illness. The pests threaten vitality of the Hyeliest chick and increase risk of gapes or other ailments during confinement.
Get eggs from a reliable breeder and start right to raise good poultry. Even a small flock looks better and sells faster, tastes better, and costs more to raise, but a careful start yields better results.
An Illinois inventor developed an automatic feeder and fountain for chicks to maintain clean water grain and grit. The glass reservoir uses a fruit can as a container, inverted to feed gradually, preventing waste and overfeeding while preserving sanitation.
An illustration shows a simple device with a handle and bent wire at the end shaped to slip around a fowl’s leg. The foot is held by the wire so it cannot slip off, allowing the user to catch the bird.
The text stresses that individual hens require varying amounts of food. Laying birds eat more than non-layers, and growing pullets need extra nourishment for both growth and eggs. Do not stint young birds as they build flesh and bone and reach a better size, even if layage is slower than expected.
The guide states that green discharges in fowls with roup signal advanced disease. It urges killing and burning the diseased birds away from the flock, to prevent spread and protect the remaining birds.
The text discusses duck laying at night and keeping a simple egg record, advises using a chicken hen for consumption, and highlights corn as a strong feed for sitting hens. It covers duck and geese maturity, duck house floors, and bedding, plus egg composition and early chick production. It also mentions breeding behavior of guinea fowls and note on aquaria demand, with dusting young turkeys for pests.
A Icelandic wife of a noted scholar wintering in New York insists Iceland is kinder than the United States and boasts pacifist fishermen who bait hooks with anesthetics, sparking comic debate at dinner about humanity and fishing.
A deceased soldier's widow in Ohio rejected a detailed inventory sent to her by an army post. She asked for all items except one erased entry to be forwarded, leaving the singular item completely obliterated, exposing a dispute over the remaining effects.
A German invention adds a time telling voice to clocks. The mechanism uses a phonograph impressed film to record hours on a copper plate, with a speaking device linked to the clock hands. A lever silences it at night and a button reveals the hour without light.
A neighbor reports Mrs. Tinmore’s fury at her dentist over a disputed bite now blamed on a bridge. The assistant mishears a request for shoes and shirts and returns a bottle of soothing syrup, prompting the husband to suspect further misunderstanding.
Sir Almroth Wright argues in a London lecture that washing removes microbes but also damages the protective skin. He warns that excessive washing can raise skin microbes and doubts cleanliness as a hygienic method. The remark comes from a discussion in the land of the morning cold tub.
A terse dialogue frames a physician urging exercise for health. The patient notes inability to afford a motor car. The doctor reframes the idea as not buying one but dodging them, suggesting active mobility as a remedy. The exchange hints at urban life and practical health advice.
A delegation presses for a new county treasurer, claiming graft harms the taxpaying public. The candidate swears honesty and predicts no graft, but the moral ends with the barb that the honest man of today is the rascal of tomorrow.
A Florence anecdote describes an 18th century Maltese woman under Knights of Malta patronage studying medicine. The hospital administrator aided her by housing with nuns and arranging private lessons while avoiding mixed-gender classes. The council approved. Over a century later a Russian woman entered Santa Maria Nuova.
A dramatic domestic quarrel unfolds as a wife hints at infidelity and a Chinaman love interest. The husband dismisses the claim, demands an explanation, and contemplates calling a doctor while the wife pleads distressed questions. The dialogue is flavored by sharp barbs and jealousy.
A visitor praised the jail’s courteous inmates in a New England city. The jailer quipped he would prefer fewer manners, recounting that six months earlier a highly polite inmate escaped, leaving a note asking for pardon for the liberty he took.
A storyteller explains he tends to be selective with alms yet admits a sudden impulse to help after a beggar claims he lost his spectacles. The speaker notes that losing his own glasses would leave him lost, and he promptly offers a contribution.
Miss Laura Cotton vanished into a fatal turn of luck while playing cards to repay a loan to her sweetheart. Amid a tense high-stakes game she drew a royal flush and collapsed dead in her chair. Her parents and friend J Mann witnessed the final moment as a physician was summoned.
A girl befriended by a young man lent him funds from her firm, believing him honest. He disappeared after the loan, she faced shortages, quit her job, and suffered fainting spells that led to her death. Her father credits the worry over the incident as the cause. A separate note in Berlin claims a master clock was stolen with a satirical placard.
Charles Connors of Dalton tried to catch 12 half dollars tossed from ten feet. He succeeded with the first eleven but the twelfth slid down his throat. It was recovered in the hospital, and Connors paid 25 dollars for the operation.
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